If you have ‘hope’, you have the motivation to move and the path to follow for realizing a better tomorrow.

-HH Sudhanshuji Maharaj

Hope can change someone’s destiny!

To have hope is to seek an outcome that brings betterment to life in one or another way. It not only can help make a difficult circumstance manageable, but also can improve life eventually. It’s because when you envision a better future, it naturally motivates you to take appropriate actions to turn it into a possibility despite the troubles at hand.

So, hope should be a part of everyone’s life. Everyone must hope for something and it should be an inherent part of leading life. It helps people in profound ways when they want something in life from the heart.

Moreover, having hope connects your past & present to the future. No matter how painful your past was, you still can hope to lead a good life in the future. And it’s something that you can actually give to those who need it the most; they are the children who have lost their parents and who are struggling to get out of poverty.

You can give hopefulness to orphans in various forms. Your small care would work like a flame of light in a dark tunnel- a tiny spark of light, just enough to reveal the path ahead so that they can feel enabled to come out of their misery.

Here are some actions you can take to help orphans in your city.

Volunteering in NGOs/Orphanages

Generally, a family with a nurturing & caring environment is the perfect place to raise a child. Orphans or children who somehow got separated from their parents, can be successfully reunified with their family members or extended family members like cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents, etc.

If you are a professional who is aware about the crisis of orphans, you can volunteer in orphanages and work for reuniting these children from their parents, or at least spread awareness regarding the use of technology to reunite lost children with their families.

Some NGOs and organisations are working in India wherein they have reunified many orphans with their families by using tracing technologies. In fact, volunteering in orphanages can bring a huge impact and it can change many lives if people are serious about it and kind from the heart.

According to a news report, ‘every eight minutes, a child goes missing in India.’ In past, Indian police have done a great job in reuniting children with their families. Kudos to them! Often reports come up in newspapers about how children living in shelter homes have been reunited with their families with the help of the Police.

Everyone should cooperate with police, other agencies, social organisations and NGOs in this noble effort. Such organisations are indeed a wonderful ray of hope for orphans and missing children.

Send a Pack of Care to Such Children

Children often land in an orphanage with only the clothes that they are wearing. They don’t have any personal belonging. You are capable enough to bring a smile to the face of such children.

You can send a ‘gift box of care and support’ packed with toothbrush, soaps, some clothing, books, or toys to orphanages and help one or two children.

This box will bring a smile of hope on someone’s face.

Use the Power of Social Media

Anyone can share the story of such children through various social media channels. These platforms also bring hope to vulnerable children.

You can use your social media presence, or online diary (blog) to share any such child’s story and picture. You never know, may be one of your social media posts may change a child’s life in a second. The Internet has become one of the greatest technologies that is bringing hope to the lives of orphans. Use it to keep hope alive in the lives of such children.

Help Monetarily

It is a harsh reality that many orphanages in the country are facing an ‘excess’ due to which they are unable to offer the best environment for children. Many of these institutions keep working despite dire challenges. Society must make sure that those who make it their life’s calling to help such vulnerable children get some financial support and also treated with dignity.

Take a little effort to help these orphanages that truly work like messengers of God to help such children. Your small financial support can bring a positive difference in a child’s life forever.

Further, you can approach such children at orphanages and social service organizations and make them aware about free educational opportunities for them. There are many schools and colleges that provide education to such children along with offering skill-development programs. Let them know about it and reap its long-term benefits.

To sum up, if you have intent, diverse ways are available to help such children who are forced to live a miserable life in the absence of their parents. A single step, no matter how small, can change the destiny of such children forever.

Just give it a try and bring hope to the life of at least one such child.